Nigeria’s military has it is not aware of the 21 Chibok school girls released by the Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday.
The Defence Headquarters noted that it is conducting “serious operations to rescue them and other Nigerians in Boko Haram captivity.”
This was contained in a news alert from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday morning.
It stated: “Military is unaware of the release of some Chibok Girls but serious operations are on to rescue them and other Nigerians in Boko Haram’s captivity – DHQ.”
However, Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu on Thursday confirmed that 21 of the Chibok girls, out of the over 200 abducted in April 2014, are in the custody of the Department of State Services.
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